Godbold, Lucile, 1900-1981
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Godbold, Lucile, 1900-1981
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Godbold
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1900-1981
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Miss Ludy, 1900-1981
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Miss Ludy
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1900-1981
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Godbold, Ludy, 1900-1981
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1900-1981
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Lucile Ellerbe Godbold (May 31, 1900 – April 5, 1981), American track and field athlete. She competed in the long jump and several running and throwing events at the 1922 Women's World Games, also known as the First International Games for Women, and won a gold medal in the shot put and a bronze in the javelin throw; she finished fourth in the 300 m and 1000 m races.
In 1922 Godbold graduated in physical education from the Winthrop College and in September of that year she began a 58-year teaching career at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina. During her time at the college, 'Miss Ludy' as she was affectionately known, became a local legend; in time, an annual touch football game was begun by the students in her honor and was named the 'Ludy Bowl.' In 1961, Godbold became the first woman to be inducted into the South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. In 1971 Columbia College's new physical education center was named in her honor.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43233834
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ns2011000394
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6697216
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